While there are countless sites/ articles on what to do with your resume; here is my list of what not to write in your resume. I have seen these mistakes repeated on profiles for Chief Operating Officer roles to Mid-level Managers

Please do not write that you are a “hardcore professional" – in times of double entendres this is not such a good idea and what does it even mean ?

Do not claim to be a social technology guru unless you are Zuckerberg , Bezos , Reid Hoffman , Omidyar... or someone of a similar stature

Actually do not claim to be a guru ! In whatever field- unless you are at the stature mentioned above

Most of the time writing an objective is not such a good idea and if yours is to become an entrepreneur – why are you even applying for this job

Do not write lengthy sentences in the first page and certainly not half page paragraphs; They are not going to be read , unless, your mother or prospective father-in-law decides to read your profile

Getting into an IIT is an achievement but not when it happened 10- 20 years back; I am sure you would have more “achievements “ to talk about since then

An Achievement should ideally be supported by a number

Increasing sales/ productivity by 40%- 70% is great – but please make sure the denominator is something worthwhile

If you have changed a job every year in the last 5 years- there are better ways to put it across than putting it on the first page

Using a skill in one project or for last 1 month does not make it an expertise; in doing so you dilute your real expertise.

A training does not mean expertise

Please do not claim that you are from IIM, XLRI, IIT, Harvard, MIT ....if all that you have done is a 2 month training from there, its okay to mention this if you have a training section.